discern

見分ける、認識する

見えにくいものや理解しにくいことに気づき、認識する。

やさしい英語で： To notice or recognize something that is not easy to see or understand.

• I could barely discern her face.
• They discerned a pattern in the results.
• Can you discern any meaning in these marks?

使い方： discern something in something (I could discern a faint shape in the fog.)

類義語： detect, perceive, make out

よく使う表現： discern a pattern, discern something in something, discern an outline

区別する、見分ける

二つのものの違いを見分ける。

やさしい英語で： To recognize the difference between two things.

• Can you discern truth from lies?
• She discerned the genuine signature from the fake one.
• They struggled to discern between the two types of stone.

使い方： discern A from B (Children learn to discern right from wrong.); discern between A and B (It is difficult to discern between fact and opinion here.)

類義語： distinguish, differentiate, tell apart

よく使う表現： discern right from wrong, discern between things